Tokio, 25th June.
The Japanese guardship reported on the forenoon of the 28rd inst, (Thursday) that the Russian ironclad Peresviet and seven other men. of-war and nine destroyers had emerged from the harbour.
Thereupon all the available Japauese ships proceeded to. Port Arthur and "sighted six. battleships, five cruisers, and fourteen destroyers trying to move southward, he Japanese destroyers and torpedo-boats -attacked the. enemy at nightfall on Thursday. At least one ironclad of the Peresviet' type was sunk, The Sevastopol and Diana were towed into the inner harbour on the morning of the 24th (Friday), apparently having sustained " great damage.
The Japanese losses were triting as far as ascertained.
The Russians hurriedly escaped into the harbour, and the Japanese did not pursue them too far from consideration of the "danger from miries.—Our own correspon:
We have to thank the Consul-General for Japan' for the following official telegrams received by him on Saturday (1) Admiral Togo reports that on receipt of a wireless message from the picket ship at Port Arthur at 11 a.m, on the 22nd inst., stating that the enemy's fleet had emerged from the port, he advanced with his ivhole fleet, except the vessels on a special mission. 'The enemy consisted of six battleships, five cruisers, and fourteen destroyers, and they seemed to be at nightfall they stayed outside the at.em) ting to move southward, but port, That night the majority of our destroyers and' torpedo-boats attacked the enemy's fleet outside one HMleehis the Peresviet type the port. It appeared that at least was sunk, and one battleship of the Sevastopol type and one cruiser of the Diana type were seen towed into port next morning, apparently seriously damaged. On our side the ward-room of the destroyer Shirakuno was damaged and three men killed, and one surgeon and two men wounded. The torpedo-boat Chidori received one shot aft of the engine-room, but there were no casuuliies. Torpedo-boats 64 and 66 were slightly damaged. There was no other damage.
(2) The "Takushan army' reports that our detachment at dawn on the 23rd inst. surprised and routed a squadron of Russian cavalry ten miles north-west of Santaokou, on the Tashichiao road. We also occupied the heights north of Santaoho, expelling the enemy, who left sixty lead.—Komura.
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